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Little Prawn Poppadoms

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Little Prawn Poppadoms

Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Little Prawn Poppadoms

MAKES 20

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

333Calories
44 gProtein
2 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Seednot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lime + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Lime + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cucumber + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mango + cumintop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, mango, yogurt, cumin):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Tomatofits about as well
  4. Cucumberthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, mango, yogurt, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.